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Plus, artist Gabriel Sosa discusses his series of bright, colorful billboards with messages of hope.

We discuss the party's legislative priorities and the prospects for bipartisan cooperation with former 10-term Massachusetts Congressman Michael Capuano.

As Massachusetts moves into the next phase of its reopening plan, we speak with infectious disease and medicine professor Dr. Davidson Hamer, and two local restaurant owners.

We discuss how it's finally starting to feel we might be clawing our way out of this pandemic -- albeit slowly and cautiously.

We take listener calls and discuss Ethan Zuckerman's new book, "Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them."

Governor Baker announced today that as of Monday, the state will enter Step 2 of Phase 3, and that Phase 4 is scheduled to begin on March 22. We get the latest and break down what will be allowed to open and what will remain closed with WBUR's Quincy Walters.

We take listener calls and discuss how the work of Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers is an example of what happens when people who feel defeated and ignored by their governmental institutions organize, and fight back.

Plus, the risks and possible benefits of the growing mistrust in our institutions.

After a bumpy rollout of the coronavirus vaccine here in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker was asked to testify before a new oversight committee.

We speak about what this means with Dr. Dan Barouch, the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. We also speak with WBUR's Carey Goldberg, one last time, about the latest vaccine and coronavirus news.

Plus, we're joined by three Black professionals whose work is focused on public service.

We speak with Stuart Koman, president and CEO of Walden Behavioral Care in Waltham

We revisit a trip that Radio Boston's Paris Alston took to Martha's Vineyard in 2019.

We have been having a series of conversations this month on Radio Boston about what it's like to live and work in our communities if you're Black. Today, we're joined by three professionals whose work is focused on public service.

Massachusetts State Representative Jon Santiago has officially entered the race to be the next mayor of Boston. He joins us to talk about why he decided to run and what he sees as the most important issues facing the city.

Riley will ask members of the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to authorize him to move forward with this plan at a meeting next month.

State lawmakers on a new legislative oversight committee are preparing to ask Gov. Charlie Baker and Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders about the website crash, and other issues with the state's vaccine rollout, at a public hearing on Thursday.

Plus, Massachusetts State Rep. Jon Santiago officially enters the race to be the next mayor of Boston.

We take listener calls with Dr. Helen Boucher of Tufts Medical Center and Dr. Davidson Hamer of Boston University.

We size up what happened in Texas, and take listener calls about our own energy grid.